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Characterization of Vaginal Microbiota Associated with Pregnancy Outcomes of Artificial Insemination in Dairy Cows

  • Chen, Shi-Yi;Deng, Feilong;Zhang, Ming;Jia, Xianbo;Lai, Song-Jia
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.804-810
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    • 2020
  • The profitability of the dairy and beef industries is largely affected by the actually achieved reproductive efficiency. Although a large proportion of cows worldwide are bred by artificial insemination (AI) services, many potential factors affecting the outcome of pregnancy by AI remain to be addressed. In the present study, we investigated the vaginal microbiota by high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene and analyzed their association with differential pregnancy outcomes (i.e., pregnant vs. nonpregnant) of multiple AI services in dairy cows. Sequencing of the V3-V4 region totally produced 512,046 high-quality sequences that were computationally clustered into 2,584 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). All OTUs were taxonomically assigned to 10 bacterial phyla. There were statistically significant differences among the three AI service times (T1, T2 and T3) with respect to the Shannon index and number of observed OTUs (p < 0.05). Bray-Curtis distance-based PCoA analysis also revealed that T2 group could be significantly distinguished from T1 and T3. However, no significant difference between the pregnant and nonpregnant cows was found in confidence regarding both alpha diversity and beta diversity. These results could help us better understand the possible influence of vaginal microbial community on pregnancy outcomes of AI service in cows.

An Evaluation for quality of performance of international R&D cooperation by analyzing patent information (특허정보 분석을 통한 국제공동연구 성과의 품질 평가)

  • Kim, Kang-Hoe;Chae, Myung-Su;Shim, We;Kwon, Oh-Jin
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.722-743
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    • 2012
  • Confronted with increasing global competition and rising research and development risks, the global open innovation has receiving increased attention. This study empirically investigates whether or not international cooperative R&D is effective by evaluating the quality indicators with the patents with international co-applications. The number of patents with international co-applications has dramatically increased in recent years. According to the results, the outcome from international cooperative R&D is prominent in term of all the evaluation criteria such as the number of citation, patent families, claims, and et cetera, compared with that from domestic cooperative R&D. Based on the patent quality, the information technology sector holds the top spot and high-tech sectors such as bio and automobile industries show the better quality performances. By identifying high betweeneess centrality in the network analysis of international cooperative R&D, the US is indicated as the most central country in such cooperative activity, and then Germany, the UK, Canada, and France come after.

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The Related Research Issues and the Suggestion of the Radical Services Innovation Process Models in the Service Firms (기업수준에서의 급변적 서비스 혁신 프로세스 모형과 관련 연구 이슈 탐색)

  • Ahn, Yeon S.
    • Journal of Service Research and Studies
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 2013
  • In the services industry and firms, the successful new service development is very important issue today, But the innovation process for service firms is comprehensively little treated until now. This study was performed to suggest the new service development process model for the firms level in the perspective of the radical service innovation. So, in this paper the new process development model can be made by reviewing the concepts about the radical service innovation and by analyzing the some existing new service development process models. In the suggested service development process model, the three key process such as technology forecast, market analysis, and strategy development were included for front phase activity as the new service development process. Also the four key process for searching phase, and the other three key process for implementation phase were included. And for the application for the service firms' service innovation, the innovation's outcome estimation reference model is included. I hope to be executed the various case research and the improvement and optimization for this suggested process model in the future.

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A Study on the Employees' Silence Influencing on Creativity and Innovation Behavior: Focusing on Moderating Effect of Resilience (구성원들의 침묵이 창의성과 혁신행동에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 회복탄력성의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Byeong Jin;Jang, Eun Hye;Lee, Kwang Hee
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.185-198
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    • 2021
  • This study is a study to examine and verify the importance of human resources among the various factors that modern companies need to consider in order to cope with the changing environment. As independent variables, acquiescent and defensive silence were composed of the motives felt by members, and creativity and innovation behavior were set as the outcome variables. Through this research, first, the importance of communication between the members of the organization and the manager is investigated, and it is intended to be managed efficiently. Secondly, we would like to confirm the modulating effect of resilience in the relationship between them, and to find out the importance of psychological recovery of members. In the end, this aims to talk about the importance of psychological management and recovery of members in managing human resources. As a result, acquiescent silence negatively affects creativity and innovation behavior, and defensive silence positively affects creativity and innovation behavior. In addition, in the case of the moderating effect of resilience, there was no significant relationship in both defensive silence, creativity, and innovation behavior, and in the case of acquiescent silence, only innovation behavior was found to be significant. This is the result of the combination of the unique characteristics of resilience and the difference in the disposition of the members who choose resignation silence and defensive silence.

R&D Project Team Diversity and Team Performance : Investigating the Moderating Effect of Innovative Problem Solving Style and Interdependence (R&D 프로젝트 팀 다양성과 팀 성과간의 관계: 제해결스타일 및 상호의존성의 조절효과)

  • Park, Owwon
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.913-936
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    • 2013
  • As diversity has getting its significance, recent research on diversity has moved the focus from direct effects of diversity on performance to moderating effects between the two. In this paper, I analyzed the moderating effects of the innovative problem solving style and three types of interdependence (i.e., task, goal and outcome) on the relationship between diversity and performance. Empirical results using 75 project teams of R&D institute showed that the innovative problem solving style positively strengthened the effect of diversity on performance. All three types of interdependence also amplified the relationship between diversity and performance. I addressed theoretical and practical implications, and future research directions.

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The Program Evaluation and Analysis of Creative Research Initiatives (창의적연구진흥사업 사업평가 및 분석)

  • 변명문
    • Journal of Technology Innovation
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.161-188
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    • 2004
  • The objective of this research is to evaluate the Creative Research Initiative Program (CRI), a national R&D program funded by the Ministry of Science & Technology in Korea. The evaluation of CRI covers the following research questions; 1) Have it set a unique position and characteristic distinguished from other government-funded R&D programs\ulcorner 2) Are the achievements of the program relevant to its goal\ulcorner 3) What is its performances and how much is it achieved its goal\ulcorner The results are the followings; 1) CRI is perceived as a pure basic research, distinguished from other national basic research programs, such as the Coal Oriented Basic Research Program and the SRC and ERC. 2) CRI is a well-adapted R&D program in confront of the environmental changes and R&D needs, as well as follows the planned R&D areas. 3) CRI have performed well in the raising-up world-class research leaders and the nation-wide diffusion of creative R&D culture, while it got few performances in the overcoming the limitation of the existing technologies and the independent development of original key technologies for future industries. However, the duration of the program, 5 year, is too short to expect concrete outcome, such as creating original technologies. Many of the outcomes of CRI gets a lot of attention from top class scientists in the world, it is expected to generate various R&D performances in the future.

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4P Model for Strategic Research Planning: Focusing on the Cases of Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

  • Choi, Kyungsun;Choe, Hochull;Ko, Youngjoo
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.287-309
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    • 2018
  • The demand for efficient utilization of input resources and productive outcomes is increasing as the government's R&D investments in Government-funded research institutes (GRIs) expand. These changes call for improving research-planning activities, which are defined as a set of activities wherein objectives are established, strategies for acquisition and expenditures of research resources are devised, and utilizations of research outcomes are addressed. This study introduces the integrated 4P analysis model that identifies the relationships among patents, papers, products, and projects. It looks into 4P analysis structure and its efficiency as a research planning means through case studies of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology. This study introduces 4P analysis applied to KRICT, which can be utilized for outcome-oriented research planning of GRIs. At the same time, it investigates into the benefits and implications of 4P analysis. It proffers policy suggestions on such aspects as how research planning of GRIs should go through changes in a strategic and systematic way.

IT innovation and the Korean Culture Wave(Hanrhyu) (IT 혁신과 한류열풍)

  • Kim Yoon-ho;Song Hag-hyun;Yoon Byong-min
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.698-702
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    • 2005
  • As a rapidly progressing of globalization and real time Prcessing in market, Korea's IT is developing, which is aimming at world market. In addition, propagation of cultivation is forming natually by lead to CT in the Asia. Latest in '90's hallyu(korean culture wave) was generated from in the east-north China province and moved to the east south Asia. It is also spreading form TV drama, music to movie, game, food, fashion and so on. This paper analyzed the outcome related with hallyu and IT innovation in knowledge-based economic society. It also addressed some effective strategies for advancing world market incorporating hallyu waves into IT.

하청형 중소기업의 전략적 기업혁신 -기술베이스의 동태적 다각화를 중심으로 -

  • 류태수
    • Journal of Technology Innovation
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.97-117
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    • 2000
  • TOEM strategy is widely used in Japan and Korea because of the diverse advantages such as cost sharing, technology transfer, equipment lease and base technology acquisition between parent company and OEM supplier. There are, however, some disadvantages that (1)OEM suppliers are likely to be reactive to environmental changes and (2) may have difficulty in building competitive position and long-term growth. When the parent company relocates its plant to foreign countries to achieve lower labor cost or to enhance value added this change will affect directly the OEM supplier's outcome. The parent company's divestiture from existing businesses will also affect the OEM supplier. For the OEM supplier to survive in face of these strategic changes it must enter the new countries with the parent company. Alternatively, the OEM supplier must actively diversify its technologies based on its core capabilities of existing product and process technologies and seek new business arenas. The strategy of aligning its businesses with the parent company's new business strategy allows the OEM supplier to share the new market while it requires the OEM supplier to develop core capabilities. In Korea many small and medium sized OEM suppliers are dependent on a few large companies. For the industry structure in Korea where industry concentration is extremely high OEM suppliers should move away from the past strategy, where they are dependent on the parent company's low profitability businesses. They should actively enter new businesses for which parent companies enter to achieve long-term growth.

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Influence of the Strategic Resources and Community Engineering on R&D Performance (전략적 자원과 공동체공학이 연구성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Suh, Sang-Hyuk
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.758-771
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    • 2010
  • Korea is characterized by a high R&D expenditure rate to the GDP. The performance of R&D in Korea, however, hardly seems to be satisfied. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of strategic resources and community engineering on R&D performance in bio-tech industry in Korea. The results of the study show strategic resources and community engineering are determinants of technological outcome. The strategic resources have a Significant positive effect on economic impact whereas community engineering has no Significant effect. In addition, the study results reveal that there is no moderating effect of strategic resources on the relation between community engineering and R&D performance. The major limitations of the study are on the measure of the variables.

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